Building Trauma-Sensitive Schools : Your Guide to Creating Safe, Supportive Learning Environments for All Students.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- About the Online Materials -- About the Author -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Understanding Trauma -- Chapter 1. Trauma and Its Effects -- What Is Trauma? -- Trauma Defined -- Prevalence of Childhood Trauma -- The Effects of Trauma on the Body -- Chapter 2. The Role of Attachment in Development -- Healthy Attachment -- Attachment Issues -- Attachment-Trauma -- Chapter 3. Trauma's Impact on Youth at School -- Faces of Trauma in the Classroom -- The Effects of Developmental Trauma at School -- Triggers in the Classroom -- Common Approaches to Trauma in the Classroom -- Part II: Building Trauma-Sensitive Schools -- Chapter 4. The Trauma-Sensitive School Framework -- What Is a Trauma-Sensitive School? -- Trauma-Informed Response to Intervention -- Trauma-Sensitive Educators -- Chapter 5. Paradigm Shifts -- What Happened to You? Versus What's Wrong With You? -- Can'ts Versus Won'ts -- Needing Attention Versus Seeking Attention -- Time-In Versus Time-Out -- And Versus Or -- Chapter 6. Essentials of Trauma-Sensitive Schools -- Essential 1: To Help Students Feel Safe -- Essential 2: To Help Students Be Connected -- Essential 3: To Help Students Get Regulated -- Essential 4: To Help Students Learn -- The Four Essentials in Action -- Part III: Implementing Trauma-Sensitive Strategies -- Chapter 7. Universal Strategies for Trauma-Sensitive Schools -- Universal Strategies to Help All Students Feel Safe -- Universal Strategies to Help All Students Be Connected -- Universal Strategies to Help All Students Get Regulated -- Universal Strategies to Help All Students Learn -- Chapter 8. Supplemental and Intensive Trauma-Sensitive Interventions -- Supplemental and Intensive Interventions to Help Students Feel Safe -- Supplemental and Intensive Interventions to Help Students Be Connected.

Supplemental and Intensive Interventions to Help Students Get Regulated -- Supplemental and Intensive Interventions to Help Students Learn -- We Are in This Together -- Chapter 9. The PACE Approach to Working With Traumatized Students -- Follow, Lead, Follow -- Playfulness -- Acceptance -- Curiosity -- Empathy -- Chapter 10. Trauma-Sensitive Discipline Practices -- Restorative Discipline Practices -- Trauma-Sensitive Consequences -- Ending on a Positive Note -- Chapter 11. Self-Care for Educators -- Job-Related Stress -- Final Lifeguarding Lessons -- Self-Care Plans -- In Closing -- Appendices -- Appendix 1. The Brain Worksheet -- Appendix 2. Childhood Trauma Effects -- Appendix 3. Trauma-Informed Response to Intervention Building Blocks -- Appendix 4. Trauma-Informed Response to Intervention Pyramid -- Appendix 5. Questions and Answers: Tips for Educators and Parents of Youth Who Have Experienced Trauma -- Appendix 6. Trauma-Sensitive Schools Build Resiliency -- Appendix 7. River of Feelings Activity -- Appendix 8. River of Feelings Script -- Appendix 9. River of Feelings Visual -- Appendix 10. River of Feelings Questions -- Appendix 11. A Starter List for Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 Interventions -- Appendix 12. Calming Area Items -- Appendix 13. Regulation Strategies: Bottom-Up Ideas -- Appendix 14. Regulation Strategies: Top-Down Ideas -- Appendix 15. Check Your Body -- Appendix 16. Describe Your Body -- Appendix 17. Muscle Relaxation Ideas: Tools by Age Level -- Appendix 18. Guided Imagery Ideas -- Appendix 19. Back Pocket Words and Phrases -- Appendix 20. Circles of Trust: A Focus on Relationships -- Appendix 21. Draw a Line -- Appendix 22. Stoplight Plan -- Appendix 23. My Plan to Make Things Better -- Appendix 24. Our Plan to Make Things Better -- Appendix 25. Apology Template -- Appendix 26. Ideas for Apologies of Action.

Appendix 27. What Went Well -- Appendix 28. Dos and Don'ts of Trauma-Sensitive Discipline Practices -- Appendix 29. Olga Phoenix Self-Care Wheel -- Appendix 30. Blank Olga Phoenix Self-Care Wheel -- Appendix 31. You Are My Sunshine: A List of 100 Things That Bring Me Joy -- Appendix 32. Self-Care Plan -- Appendix 33. Mandala -- References -- Index.

Drawing on her extensive experience as a school counselor, trainer, and mother, trauma expert Jen Alexander delivers a comprehensive framework for building a safe, supportive school environment that helps all students learn and thrive. With this engaging, highly practical guide to what works and why, your school team will gain insights and develop action plans that make a real difference in the lives of all kids, including our most vulnerable youth.

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